eBooks, Movies, Music & More

Kanopy

Access Kanopy here.

Kanopy is the best video streaming service for quality, thoughtful entertainment. Find movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos that inspire, enrich and entertain. We partner with public libraries to bring you an ad-free experience that can be enjoyed on your TV, mobile phones, tablets and online.

Please note:

• You are allowed 10 play credits per month, which means you can watch 10 videos on Kanopy per month.
• To use a play credit, you must press play on a video and have the video play for at least 5 seconds.
• Once a play credit is logged, you will have a full 3 days (72 hours) to watch the video as many times as you would like without using another play credit, even if a new month starts and your credits reset.
• Your Viewing History (when accessing from a web or mobile browser) will show any video that is still available to view in your 3 day window.

The Kanopy help portal can be found here.

LinkedIn Learning

Access LinkedIn Learning here.

LinkedIn Learning is a web-based video subscription service that provides courses for learning the latest commercial software, creative and business skills. You do not need a LinkedIn account to access LinkedIn Learning. All you need is your Summit Library card and PIN.

What’s available?

• More than 3000+ courses with 129,942 video tutorials. Most tutorials last several hours but are broken into multiple chapters.
• Software like MS Word, Excel, or PowerPoint; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator.
• Web design: Web graphics, Interactive Design, Prototyping and more.
• Social media and web publishing tools like Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress.
• Photography: Lighting and Photographing a Still Life, Photography 101: Shooting in Low Light, GIMP:Essential Training
• Business and career skills – productivity, marketing, time management and more.Job Search Tools: with Resume design, Searching for Positions, Working with Recruiters and more.
• Courses for all levels cover technical skills, creative techniques, business strategies, and more. Courses may also include exercise files (practice), closed captioning and text transcripts.

Northstar Digital Literacy
Northstar Digital Literacy is a free resource to help you build and certify your computer skills at your own pace. There is no library card required to access and use this service. Northstar provides curricula, individual online learning and online assessments in three main areas:

• Essential Computer Skills – Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Email, Windows OS, Mac OS X
• Essential Software Skills – Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Google docs
• Using Technology to Accomplish Tasks – Social Media, Information Literacy

Peterson’s Career and Test Prep can assist you in searching for thousands of college and graduate schools, finding scholarships, taking practice tests, creating resumes, and exploring various career options.

Creative Bug

Access Creative Bug here.

Creativebug inspires you to create and then teaches you how!  Enjoy unlimited access to over 1,000 online art and craft classes, plus patterns, templates, and recipes. Topics include art & design, sewing, quilting, paper, knitting, crochet, food & home, jewelry, holiday & party, and classes for kids.  Watch videos anytime, anywhere. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace. The Creativebug platform includes chapter divisions, note-taking tools, 20-second rewind and more. You can save favorite classes and receive personalized recommendations.  New classes from top artists are added daily.

Libby app – Now offering digital magazines!

Access Libby here.

Click here for printable instructions for Libby.

The free Libby app now offers hundreds of popular magazines to borrow such as The New Yorker, The Economist, US Weekly, Cook’s Illustrated, Bon Appetit, Vogue, Reader’s Digest, as well as world language titles such as l’Express and Paris Match. Libby is available for Android, iOS, Windows 10, some Chromebooks, and in your browser at libbyapp.com.

• Unlimited number of magazine checkouts.
• Magazine checkouts do not count towards the 5 checkout limit.
• Check out for a maximum of 21 days.
• No overdue fees; return when finished or items will auto-return at due date.

Mango Languages
Mango Languages is a self paced World Language and English learning software , with proven methodologies that work for language learners.

eLibraryNJ Kids

For the full list of books available to download in overdrive, please visit https://elibrarynj.overdrive.com

• For mobile users, the Libby app one-tap reading app for borrowing digital books and audiobooks from the Summit Library. This free app, created by Overdrive, is available for Android, iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), and Windows 10 devices.
• Kindle fire users may download the overdrive app in Amazon as well
•  If you have any questions, please visit the Overdrive Libby help page here,

To browse the collection for children directly from  the elibrarynj website, please click the “Kids” link at the top of the page, or click https://elibrarynj.overdrive.com/library/kids

• The main page will show you featured Children’s Books in eLibraryNJ that you may borrow immediately or place the titles on hold.
• If you’d rather borrow a title immediately without having to place it on hold:
  • Click the arrow next to Collections
  • Click “No wait No problems”
  • All children’s books listed on this page are available to be checked out immediately.

ABC Mouse

Creative Bug
Creativebug inspires you to create and then teaches you how!  Enjoy unlimited access to over 1,000 online art and craft classes, plus patterns, templates, and recipes. Topics include art & design, sewing, quilting, paper, knitting, crochet, food & home, jewelry, holiday & party, and classes for kids.  Watch videos anytime, anywhere. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace. The Creativebug platform includes chapter divisions, note-taking tools, 20-second rewind and more. You can save favorite classes and receive personalized recommendations.  New classes from top artists are added daily.

Capstone Interactive eBooks
Books in this collection include popular early reader and first chapter book titles, non-fiction titles for emerging readers, and bilingual ebooks in English and Spanish for children. 

eLibraryNJ

eLibraryNJ Kids

Heritage Quest
This genealogical database allows researchers to search U.S. Federal Census records, digitized family and local history books, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files and the Freedman’s Bank Records (1865-1874), maps, and a wealth of other historical collections and research guides.

Kanopy
Kanopy is the best video streaming service for quality, thoughtful entertainment. Find movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos that inspire, enrich and entertain. We partner with public libraries to bring you an ad-free experience that can be enjoyed on your TV, mobile phones, tablets and online.

Libby app

LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is a web-based video subscription service that provides courses for learning the latest commercial software, creative and business skills. You do not need a LinkedIn account to access LinkedIn Learning. All you need is your Summit Library card and PIN.

Mango Languages
Mango Languages is a self paced World Language and English learning software , with proven methodologies that work for language learners.

Northstar Digital Literacy
Northstar Digital Literacy is a free resource to help you build and certify your computer skills at your own pace. There is no library card required to access and use this service. Northstar provides curricula, individual online learning and online assessments in three main areas:

• Essential Computer Skills – Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Email, Windows OS, Mac OS X
• Essential Software Skills – Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Google docs
• Using Technology to Accomplish Tasks – Social Media, Information Literacy

Peterson’s Career and Test Prep can assist you in searching for thousands of college and graduate schools, finding scholarships, taking practice tests, creating resumes, and exploring various career options.